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Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk, Ukraine, and was first exposed to the…
Marc Lavry
Marc Lavry was born in Riga, Latvia and received his formal musical education at the…
Myer Leoni
Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England. In 1767 he took a…
Israel Lovy
Israel Lovy was born in a town near Danzig in 1773. He received his formal Jewish…
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt, Bohemia but spent most of his childhood in Iglau,…
Nahum Nardi
… Aviv in 1977 following several brain strokes. The Tel Aviv City Council, then headed by mayor Shlomo Lahat, conducted … at Tel Aviv University. In September 2005, the Tel Aviv City Council erected a memorial board for Nardi on Kalonymus …
Sholom Secunda
… family. In 1896 the Secunda’s moved to Nicholayev, a port city with a population of approximately 175,000, located at … Secunda's settled in the Lower East Side of New York City in a tenement building on 12th street between Avenue B … start in Yiddish theater shortly after arriving to New York City. While his age prevented him from officiating High …
Wolf Shestapol
Born in Odessa, Ukraine. Officiated as cantor in Kherson and was a prolific composer,…
Bezalel Shulsinger
Born in Uman, also know as 'Bezalel Odesser.' Served as cantor in Odessa for about…
Gershon Sirota
… . He attended services at all of the synagogues in the city, exposing himself to a myriad of local and original … Sullivan, the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst and Herman Rider of the 'City-News.' Also present were Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Judge …